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arXiv 2106.02437cond-mat.str-el
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Frustration enhanced by Kitaev exchange in a $\boldsymbol{\tilde{j}_{\text{eff}}=\frac12}$ triangular antiferromagnet

C. Wellm, W. Roscher, J. Zeisner, A. Alfonsov, R. Zhong, R. J. Cava, A. Savoyant, R. Hayn, J. van den Brink, B. Büchner, O. Janson, V. Kataev

英文摘要:

Triangular Heisenberg antiferromagnets are prototypes of geometric frustration, even if for nearest-neighbor interactions quantum fluctuations are not usually strong enough to destroy magnetic ordering: stronger frustration is required to stabilize a spin-liquid phase. On the basis of static magnetization and electron spin resonance measurements, we demonstrate the emergence of ${\tilde{j}_{\text{eff}}=\frac12}$ moments in the triangular-lattice magnet Na$_2$BaCo(PO$_4$)$_2$. These moments are subject to an extra source of frustration that causes magnetic correlations to set in far above both the magnetic ordering and Weiss temperatures. Corroborating the $\tilde{j}_{\text{eff}}=\frac12$ ground state, theory identifies ferromagnetic Kitaev exchange anisotropy as additional frustrating agent, altogether putting forward Na$_2$BaCo(PO$_4$)$_2$ as a promising Kitaev spin-liquid material.

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